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FirstTimeBuyer, non-responsive council. Advise please!
Hello, all. I'm new here but dutifully read everything related to my question here. I'm a First time buyer, planning to make an offer on ex-council flat in South London, Brixton. I know the area, lived here in rental house. Find the flat suitable, although it needs massive renovation, I've got some quotes and took note of…
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Housing issue
Firstly hi all,im asking on behalf of a relation but do have all her details in need of advice and help,here goes. firstly she is a single mum in reciept of housing benefit,currently renting a private house,which is around 595 a month,well being in the property she has now been given notice (depart sept) only being in…
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Landlord trying to make us pay for something we did not break!
When we moved into our flat we noticed that the sofa had a slight indentation in the material. No structural problem so we did not think to mention it on our inventory for... big mistake. Now that we have moved out of the flat, they are trying to claim that the sofa is no longer structurally sound and are now trying to…
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Property Purchase Deal Falling Apart!
Hi everyone My friend is (or was!) about to complete on a property purchase. Purchase price of 20k below asking price was agreed and confirmed by his surveyor as appropriate value. Funds in place. Property requires full modernisation and price offered and accepted took account of that. Almost at 11th hour, he realised that…
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Questions from Buyers Solicitor - Will we accept 5% deposit?
Hi everyone, I have had through a list of questions from our buyers solicitor. One of these is: Will the seller please accept a 5% deposit? Please can anyone let me know the pros and cons for this? I have no idea. Thanks Clairey
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Fuming!!
I just wanted a rant really, and wondered if this had happened to anyone else? We are supposed to be exchanging contracts tomorrow ready for completion next week. When we went to sign, our solicitor went through the forms with us, and we noticed that the lady we are buying from had not filled in anything about the…
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Would you gazump for 10k above asking?
I'm in the situation that I have two buyer's in a good position, with one offer coming through 4 days before the other one. Buyer 1 started at 5k below asking, which was accepted. Buyer 2 offered asking price, which was then also met by buyer 1. All fine, buyer 2 does not give up but offers firstly, 2k, then 4k and now 10k…
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First time buyer advice needed!! valuation/offer!
Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house together. We have made an offer of 120k which was accepted ,the seller has since said she would not accept any less. The house was on the market for 145k and we know that the seller paid 139 k , 7 years ago. We thought we were getting a bargain as it is a…
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Tenants being evicted but I think they will leave furniture....
Long story short, I have a court ordered eviction for my tenants on 27th July. They have been a pain in the backside but I appreciate they are not as awful as other tenants may be. The council has granted them a home from 4 th August and the tenants have asked to stay in the property for an extra week so that the new…
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HELP PLEASE!! Best schools south of Norwich...
Both Primary (v important) and secondary (long term) please? I have asked for a lot of help in our Norfolk and had great feedback! Any have any info which could help or websites that help, I have tried and am getting no luck, especially upto date info! We are looking at Wymondham, but its pricey (ideally 3 bed deatched),…
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Seller 'confused' over boiler service.......
Hi folks, I'm looking for some advice on this please - A family member is very fortunate to be in the position to buy a property in London with his girlfriend outright at a relatively young age. They saw a flat they liked and made an offer which was accepted six weeks ago. They instructed a solicitor and had a Homebuyers'…
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End of tenancy notice from Landlord?
I am coming to the end of a AST, and hoped someone can confirm my understanding is correct (after reading previous threads)...... My AST finishes 2nd Sep. I don't think that the LL issued a Section 21 notice when I signed the contract. Can someone tell me what one looks like? I'll check my paperwork. If there isn't a S21,…
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This is what's currently in my living room >>
a few months ago the man downstair complained about a leak (said it was coming from our flat) Called the council, our landlord, and it isn't coming from our flat. About a month later they decided there was a pipe in the building causing this leak which is coming from upstairs' kitchen sink (they're the ONLY users of the…
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Switching solicitors
Seriously considering switching solicitors for our house purchase. Is it just a matter of terminating a contract with one and signing a contract with a new one? Background: offer accepted end of May (no chain), various delays since then, solicitors also acting for vendor. We only learned this recently and recent…
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Offering on a house - Suspicious of Estate Agent
I've been offering on a house and am a little suspicious of what the Vendors estate agent has been telling me. Originally we did offer fairly low and were told that the vendor had received other offers around this level but as we were in a good situation (buyer line dup for our flat, small chain etc) that he would consider…
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Help!!! is this normal?...
Me and my partner went to look at a flat to rent yesterday and rang up to say that we wanted it straight after the viewing, they said to ring back the next morning, as they were just about to shut for the day, so that they could take some details and send us the forms to fill in for the credit check..... Well just rang…
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Loft ladder to Boiler - Who is responsible?
Hi, Just moved into a new house and there is a combi boiler in the loft, which is no problem. However, the gas inspection that took place before we moved in stated that a loft ladder needs to be fitted (I think this is a legal reauirement). The landlord arranged for one to be fitted but the fitter failed to turn up on the…
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Paying rent by cheque - uknown name of account holder
Hi, I hope somebody could help. I moved in to a new (shared) flat recently. I paid the first rent instalment and the deposit in cash and I received the contract and the receipts. I suggested to the landlord that from now on I would like to either pay by cheque or bank transfer to keep a record. The landlord agreed to…
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Buying flat for daughter
my daughter is moving back to the UK from abroad. I'm thinking of buying a flat for her, then when she sells her present property she'll give me the proceeds, get a mortgage and pay me back. Her mortgage will be less than 50% so I don't think that will be a particular problem. Can anyone see any tax implications in this…
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Informing service providers of change of address
The last time we moved house I found a website via MSE that was fabulous for advising loads of sp's of change of address,as well as giving loads of tips for an easy move...can anyone remember the name of the website please?
